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From: glk01126@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: SPUFILE 2.0, C questions
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Date: 19 Oct 89 09:40:20 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!glk01126    Oct 18 00:13:00 1989



	Hammering out SPUFILE 2.0, I need some tech advice.

	1) Does Malloc(-1L) not work properly?
		I get various values after deleting a wide array
		(Mfree) of buffers, e.g. 16304 free.  Then after
		creating another of size ca. 512, I get back to
		the normal 100K+ value.  ??? Is it my program?
		(probably)

	2) Is there anyway to register a continual pressing of
		a dialog button without an event_multi to check
		position and state of the mouse, then checking
		if it is in button area?


	3) Is there a problem reading from PC format disks.  Some work,
		others give some bs when doing fsfirst(), fsnext().

	4) Using Laser C 2.0.


	People interested in SPUFILE 2.0, send your requests.  It is
	a shareware program I have written with a gem interface.  It
	reads files from a variety of types of disks including Aladin
	1/2 sided, Magic Sac 1/2 Sided, Atari/PC 1/2 Sided or Spectre
	1 sided disks and holds as many as fit in memory.  It then
	writes them back to any of the above type disks on command.
	Like two continual file selectors, one with files in memory,
	the other with files on disk.  If Dave Small is interested, I'll
	add Spectre two sided support and send it two him for distribution.

	Does anyone have the necessary c-code and instructions to turn
	it into a DA also?

	Thanks in advance.

		-Spieu!
		Gregory Mathias Lemperle-Kerr
		(Looks like University of Illinois)